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Synopsis
| Traditional images of flowering trees and plants, floral sprays and paisleys, birds and animals, ritual and iconic symbols, imaginary landscapes, and scenes of celebration and worship,continue to express in a variety of textile techniques. |
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About the Author
Rahul Jain is a textile researcher and historian who lives and works in New Delhi. His publications include technical studies of the traditional Indian drawloom, the woven silks of Sultanate India, as well as the court velvets, sashes, and luxury fabrics of Mughal India. He has also written about contemporary Indian hand-crafted textiles. He runs a workshop of traditional drawlooms in Varanasi. The workshop weaves silk samite, lampas, and velvet textiles modelled on historical Indian and Iranian fabrics.
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- PublisherNiyogi Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 8189738801
- ISBN 13 9788189738808
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages244
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101 plates (illustrator). Contents Acknowledgements Preface 1 Introduction 2 The textiles 3 Glossary References Map Picture credits IndexThis book celebrates India?s spectacular textile art It takes the reader on a visual odyssey spanning 500 years tracing the images created on cloth for India?s magnificent courts and temples as well as for more distant but not less discerning patrons in Europe and Asia It showcases the motifs and colours of some of the most remarkable Indian textiles to have survived from the past Several of these have never been published before and some appeared in textile books and journals so many decades ago that they are now nearly unknown At a time when specialist studies have confined the appreciation and study of India?s historical textiles to academic circles and connoisseurs this book offers a unique survey of the subject to a new generation of textile enthusiasts practitioners and researchersAbout the Author Rahul Jain is a textile researcher and historian who lives and works in New Delhi His publications include technical studies of the traditional Indian drawloom the woven silks of Sultanate India as well as the court velvets sashes and luxury fabrics of Mughal India He has also written about contemporary Indian hand-crafted textiles He runs a workshop of traditional drawlooms in Varanasi The workshop weaves silk samite lampas and velvet textiles modelled on historical Indian and Iranian fabrics 206 pp. Seller Inventory # 95074
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